Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Nyree Dawn Porter

A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house: 1) A writer encounters a strangler of his own creation, 2) Two men are obsessed with a wax figure of a woma...( read more  read more... )n from their past, 3) A little girl displays an interest in witchcraft, and 4) A film actor discovers a cloak which gives him a vampire's powers.

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PG, 1 hr. 42 min.

Directed by: Peter Duffell

Release Date: March 31, 1971

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DVD Release Date: October 28, 2003

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  • September 20, 2008
    Great little anthology.
  • September 14, 2006
    One of Amicus' most successfull anthology films, this one has a great performance from Jon Pertwee as a vain horror star.
  • October 23, 2008
    Take a ride on the Cornball Express...only 4 short stops...ultimate destination..BOREDOM!!!!
  • August 21, 2008
    Very very poor attempt to carry on the Hammer Horror history...I am an absolute buff of theses but this one was rank.
  • August 30, 2009
    This house doesn't actually drip blood; instead it's a horror anthology on a house that's having a rough go on the market. You really can't lose if you're a fan of all the legends that lead each short..I liked Christoper Lee's daughter that was into witchcraft the best..that wil...( read more)l teach you for letting your child have no toys & nothing but books
  • March 29, 2009
    This movie was amazing. It was probably the best anthology movie I have seen yet. The movie has four short plots to it: 1) "Method for Murder", 2) "Waxworks", 3) "Sweets For The Sweet", and 4) "The Cloak.

    The cast, which is greatly assembled, consists of Peter Cushing, Christ...( read more)opher Lee, and Jon Pertwee. The acting in this movie is actually really good and each story is equally creepy and fun.

    My favourite story out of the four is either "Waxworks" starring Peter Cushing or "Sweets for the Sweet" starring Christopher Lee. What I really liked about each story is that none of them had a happy ending for any of the characters.

    The entire movie was well thought out and thoroughly enjoyable. It is perfects for a stormy night and I reccommend it to classic horror fans and anthology fans.
  • December 3, 2008
    Fun + creepy Amicus horror anthology from 1970. Written by Robert Bloch. A great cast has fun with it, never taking itself too seriously. More good, creepy fun from Amicus.
  • November 6, 2008
    Amicus made close to a good half dozen of these horror anthologies in the 70's, and this, from leading horror scribe Robert Bloch, is one of their best efforts. Featuring a few of rival studio Hammer all-stars, this highly effective slice of British horror revolves around a house...( read more) and the fates of it's previous tenants, whose stories are all told to a Scotland yard detective, in search of a missing actor.

    Story number one, which is probably the least impressive of the four, deals with a writer and his wife who've just moved in the house and plan to stay just for a short time so that he may write one of his horror novels. He creates a demented character named Dominic, who's a very creepy looking strangler, and soon finds himself going mad as he starts to seeing this beastly looking man everywhere he goes. After his wife convinces him to seek psychiatric help, a sub-plot is introduced which frankly, didn't really work for me. I won't spoil it for you.

    The next story (the best in my opinion) stars the wonderful Peter Cushing as Philip Grayson, a man who's moved into the home for his retirement years and soon makes his way to a nearby wax museum(that deals in the macabre) where he's very startled to find a wax figure that looks exactly like a woman from his past. Soon thereafter, an old friend(who also has a history with this woman) is in town for business and drops by to see him. The two men are in for a rude awakening as they soon discover that there was more to this woman than meets the eye.

    Story three stars one of my very favorites...Christopher Lee, who plays John Reid. After moving into the home with his peculiar daughter Jane, the nanny that he hires becomes awfully suspicious as to the way Reid suppresses his daughter. Well come to find out...if she knew what Lee did, she would have certainly understood.

    The final story is a rather light-hearted vampire tale that stars John Pertwee and Ingrid Pitt. After buying a cloak from a mysterious merchant, actor Paul Henderson finds himself turning into the very creature that he's portrayed several times in his career.

    Overall, the pacing and direction were very good, as was the most of the performances. There were nice Gothic touches here and there and an effective score to complement the ambiance. This one's a keeper. Highly Recommended
  • May 1, 2008
    classic hammer horror!

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